Square Enix announced during the “Dragon Quest Natsu Matsuri” event on Sunday that its Dragon Quest X online game will get a new expansion titled Dragon Quest X: 5000-nen no Tabiji, Haruka Naru Furusato e (The 5000 Year Journey, to the Faraway Home Town), which is slated for release on November 16.
Square Enix began streaming the second episode of its Dragon Quest X: Bōkensha-tachi no Kiseki (Dragon Quest X: The Miracles of the Adventurers) series on Saturday.
The anime celebrates the Dragon Quest X online game’s fifth anniversary by performing player-submitted “miraculous stories” related to the game.
Square Enix also announced that Dragon Quest X director Chikara Saitō is stepping down as director after the release of the expansion, and that chief planner Takashi Anzai is stepping in as the game’s new director.